Art of boot and shoe making.



P. W. WARD. ART OF BOOT AND SHOE MAKING.

APPLICATION FILE D MAR. 2, 1912.

Patented July 2, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

pnrrnn srn'rns PATENT orrron FRANK W. WARD, OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGrNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ART OF BOOT AND SHOE MAKING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 2, 1912, Application filed March 2, 1912. Serial 110 681,141.

the outsole to a lasted boot or shoe which does not interfere with waterproofing or otherwise treating the sole and which onables the sole to successfully undergo the To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. WVARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Framingham, in the county of Mid dlesex and State of Massachusetts, have insubsequent operations which are performed vented certain new and useful Improveupon it before being permanently secured to ments in the Art of Boot and Shoe Making; the Sho and I do hereby declare the following to be The present invention will be clearly a full, clear, and exact description of the understood from an inspection of the acinvention, such as will enable others skilled companying drawing which illustrates a in the art to which it appertains to make lasted shoe with an outsole temporarily seand use the same. cured thereto and the apparatus which is The present invention relates to an imemployed to aid in the securing of the sole. provement in the art of boo-t and shoe mak- It will be obvious, however, that the method ing, and more particularly to an improved indicated in the drawing may be performed method of temporarily securing the outmanually without the use of the apparatus, sole to a lasted boot or shoe which has been or may be performed by hand with the asrendered impervious to the entrance of sistance of similar apparatus to that illusinoisture by impregnating the shoe and sole trated in the drawing. in a waterproofing solution of some suitable Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 illuschara t r, trates a plan view partly in section of the An outsole is commonly secured to the apparatus and a shoe retained in position shoe by first coating it with an adh sive thereby during the insertion of a fastener; substance and laying it in the proper posi- Fig. 2 is a detail illustrating a cross section tion upon the bottom of the shoe and there of a sole and welt and showing a fastener after pressing the sole firmly upon the shoe inserted therein to secure the sole to the to make the sole conform substantially to welt; and Fig. 3 is a detail illustrating a the contour of the shoe bottom and engage CIOSS section taken at right angles to Fig. 2. along its edges with the outstanding welt. In the specific embodiment of the inven- This method has been found impractical tion illustrated in the drawing, the method where the soles are impregnated with a is employed in connection with the manuwaterproof solution, however, as in this case facture of a welt shoe which comprises an the cement will not adhere satisfactorily to upper portion indicated at 1, and having an secure the sole and shoe together. When insole 2 and a welt 3 secured thereto by a the cement cannot be employed, the outsole line of inseam stitches indicated at 4:. A is customarily secured to the shoe by means double outsole is used which consists of an of several fasteners which are driven intermediate sole 6 and an outer sole 7. through the outsole and insole into the last. In the present invention the outsole is This method of securing the sole to the temporarily secured to the lasted shoe by a shoe, however, is objectionable, as these fasfastening which is located outside of the teners when. withdrawn leave an opening inseam and which passes through the weltthrough the outsole and insole into the inand outsole. In the best form of the inventerior of the shoe which cannot be successtion which has yetbeen devised, this fastenfully closed and which allows the entrance ing passes through the welt and partly of moisture and prevents the omple e through the outsole but does not pierce the waterproofing of the shoe. In addition, the surface of the sole to manthe finished apfasteners fail to hold he edge f the S le pearance of the shoe. Tothis end the outer in contact wi h he Welt so hat f n imes sole and intermediate sole are secured to the there is a considerable space between the shoe by a curved metallic fastener 10 which margin of the sole and welt, making it impasses down through the welt and intermepossible to operate satisfactorily :upon the diate sole into the outsole and then back sole edge in the subsequent rounding 0per into the welt without projecting through the ation. surface of the outsole. This fastener is in- The object of the present invention is to serted obliquely to the vertical plane of the provide a method of temporarily securing sole as shown clearly in Fig. 3 and 1S posr- 11o tioned close to V the i ithe upper surface of the junction of the upper and Welt in order to be inside of the line of outsole stitches. when the sole is permanently secured to the shoe. 'As shown in the drawing, one end of this fastener projects above the surface of the welt and is inclined and avoid interference with the mechanism at the sa'metime facilitate the of the fastener when desired. V

In order to clamp the outsole to the shoe during the insertion of the fastener, a table 12 is provided'iipon which a clamping member 13 is pivoted at 14. The clampingmember 13 is provided with a pair of outwardly projecting arms 15 which engage and hold welt upon opposite sides'ofthe fastener; A treadle connection, not shown, is arranged to actuate the member'113 and "clamp the. welt and sole firmly together d ring the insertion of the fastener.

with drawal In practicing the improved method, the

outsole is first positioned in the proper relationto the shoe, after which the outsole and shoe are presented to the clamping mechanism and are clamped firmly upon the table 12. A curved awl is then passed through the welt and partially through the outsole, the opening made by the awl being located inside of the line of outsole stitches. After theawl hasbeen withdrawn, a fastener of soft wire or other material is easily inserted in the opening and is left with its rear end projecting-above the surface of the welt. The clamping'mechanism is then released and the operation is repeated as manytimes as desired until the outsole has been secured around its entireedge. In the embodiment ofthe inventionillustrated in the drawing," the outsole is secured by three fasitenings, two of which are located upon opposite sides of the shoe at the ball line and the other'jbeing'located at the toe. After the' outsolehas been temporarily secured number of fastenings, the

with the requisite permanently secure the sole to the shoe. At

the completion of the sewing operation, the

7 ing t Copies-o! this patent. may be obtained for five cents of the roundingmachine and be understood that broadlyconside'red, the

invention is not confined to the employment of such fastening. means, but contemplates the employment of any fastening means whatsoever for securing the outsole to the welt adjacent t-he edge and outside of theinseam- 1 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. That-improvement in the artof boot and shoe making .which consists in positioning the outsole in the proper relationto the shoe, clampingthe outsole and welt firmly together, and inserting a temporary fastener through the welt and' during the subsequent operation of permanentlysecuring them together.

2. That improvement in the art of boot and shoe making which consists infirst positioning the outsole relative to the shoe and then inserting a series of temporary fasteners around the edge'of are passed through the welt and outsoleoutside of the inseam to hold the two together duringthe subsequent operation of permanently securing them together.

3.'That improvement-in the art of boot and shoe making which consists in positioning. the outsole relative to the shoe, and inserting a temporary fastener which is passed down through the welt partially through the outsole and back into the welt to hold the two together during the subsequent operation of permanently securing them together.

4. That improvement in the: art of boot and shoe making which consists in first positioning the I clamping the edgeof thewelt and outsole together, passing welt and partially through the outsole, and inserting a temporary fastener in the opening made by the awl to'hold the welt and outsole together during the subsequent operation of permanently securing: them get-her.

5.- That improvement in the art'of boot nd shoe making which consists in first positioning the' outsole relative to the shoe, clamping the edge surface of the welt and inclined rearwardly with relation to the rounding operation;

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outsole out. side of the'inseam: to hold the two together the shoe, which,

outsole relative to the shoe.

a curved awlthrough the direction of feed the ofthe welt and outsole. I together, and passinga temporary fastener '1 through the welt and outsole" outside of the 1' inseam with oneend 'proje'ctingabove' the FRANK w. WARD: 

